Son builds wheelchair on quadruped robot base for father with rare disease
scott_e_reed · x · 2026-10-06
A maker modified a quadruped robot into a "legged wheelchair" for his father, who has lived in a wheelchair for years due to a rare disease, enabling stair-climbing mobility. A heartwarming DIY robotics project.
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